Wildcat Weekly

School Hours are M-T-TH-F 8:30am - 3:30pm

Wednesday Hours are 8:30am - 2:30pm

Email: tlhartley@mpsomaha.org
Website: willowdale.mpsomaha.org
Location: 16901 P Street, Omaha, NE, USA
Phone: 402-715-8280

Top 5 thing from Dr. Ballard:

Greeting!

1. Today is one of the best days of the year at Willowdale. Today we had the opportunity to honor our Veterans for their service. Thank you to everyone who helped to make today special and memorable. Willowdale truly has heart!

2. Thank you so much for your great support at our PTO Scooter's Day Sunday!

3. Movie Night is Tuesday night, 11/14 at 6:00, and our monthly PTO meeting is at 6:15. I hope to see you there!

4. Next week we are so excited to celebrate our amazing paraprofessionals - Mrs. Woods, Mrs. Milius, Mrs. Schmidt, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. McGranaghan and Mrs. Studdemann! They do such wonderful work for the students and staff at Willowdale!

5. Have a wonderful weekend with your families!

Willowdale's Student Council is holding canned food drive next week. Please see the dates and information below!

You won’t want to miss the exclusive holiday event of the year, while also supporting YOUR school! Jingle is an evening filled with holiday experiences, cocktails, delicious food bites, and an amazing silent auction of 36 unique trees decorated by our schools.

The Millard Public Schools Foundation supports the district by providing funds to all 35 schools to support strategic initiatives, connects Millard graduating seniors with over $150,000 in scholarship funding and helps our own Millard families in need.

Limited tickets available, purchase today here Jingle Tickets

(All guests must be over 21.)

The PTO is a great way to meet other parents, find out about PTO sponsored events and volunteer on several event committees. By joining and/or being a volunteer, you are working with other parents and teachers/staff members, to help enrich the educational experience for all students.

President - Wendy Gibson

Vice President - Brittany Hoebelheinrich

Secretary - Jordan Fletcher

Treasurer - Bridget Perry

Order forms will come home and this art pieces make great gifts for the holidays.

This is the best way to get in touch with other families for play dates, birthday parties, etc. Make sure to get signed up soon!

The Willowdale Student Directory has been updated for the 2023-24 school year! Click here to open the directory in Google Sheets. Click here to open as a PDF. (You can use CTRL+F to search for a student’s name.) If you still need to update or add your info, please fill out the form here.

Please contact the Willowdale PTO or Bridget Perry with any concerns.

These are the Partners 4 Education at Willowdale. We appreciate their partnership and commitment to the Willowdale community.

Proceeds from our Partners 4 Education and other family nights help fray costs for teachers/classrooms and help supplement funds that are not covered for field trips.

Willowdale teachers, staff and students appreciate all of the support from our families and Partners.

Thank you!

Please use the QR code to sign up for a Watch Dog Shift. If you would like to be a Watch Dog and can only be here for half a day, select the day that works for you and let me know the hours you can be here.

In order to give everyone an opportunity, please only sign up for 1 or 2 spots. If you have a question or concern about this, please reach out to Terri Hartly at tlhartley@mpsomaha.org

You can still order shirts with the following link:

https://shop.dadsofgreatstudents.com/shop-all/

Our Kitchen Staff will be short staffed, so, starting Monday, September 11th, the lunch room will only have 2 choices for lunch.

Thank you for understanding while our school is short a lunch person and we hope that this will not last very long.

Lunch for Monday, November 13th:

1. Cheese Pizza

2. Bagel Kidzable

Lunch for Tuesday, November 14th:

1. Pancakes/Scrambled Eggs

2. Bagel Kidzable

Lunch for Wednesday, November 15th:

1. Chicken Nuggets

2. Sunbutter & Jelly Sandwich

Lunch for Thursday, November 16th:

1. Annual Thanksgiving Feast

2. Bagel Kidzable

Lunch for Friday, November 17th:

1. Corn Dogs

2. Bagel Kidzable

Meal Prices for 2023-2024

Breakfast - $1.60

Lunch - $3.15

2nd lunch - $2.75

Adult lunch - $4.60

Milk - $0.55

See more information below

Here is the school calendar for next school year, 2023-2024. The first day of school will be Thursday, August 10th.

The School Board has already approved the calendar for the next school year, 2024/2025. The link to that school year is below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XiYv6vVfIhryYHhrHI8KDB7ZLaOddW9r/view